28x10.5 SS Guys...What are you 60 footing?

mikep wrote:Well the TNT didn't go very well!!! Went to start the car and the starter which sounded crappy last time I took it out spun the gear off of it..
So we push it out of the trailer and jack it up and pull the starter out and the clip that holds the gear on was missing and the gear just fell off. So I have a spare starter and started putting it in and water starts dripping on my face out of the collector. Thinking it was just condensate I took the radiator cap off to verify there was still water in it and whoosh the radiator was pressurized from just the engine turning over so I was done.

I drove 5 hours total to pull my starter out LOL!!!! I guess I'll be pulling it apart and changing the head gasket I hope!!!

Sorry to hear that Mike. Hope it's nothing major.

Ouch!! I know the feeling though.

my new best 1.24 60 with UPR uppers and lowers stock gt springs qa1 double adjustable rear and s qa1 single adjustable up front. 3300lbs still more in it front springs 200lbs BBF on NOS. powerglide and 3.90 gears bolt in 9 inch ford rear. shocks in the front set full stiff going to put limiters on it and hit it harder hopefully shooting for 118 60 foot.

studly wrote:my new best 1.24 60 with UPR uppers and lowers stock gt springs qa1 double adjustable rear and s qa1 single adjustable up front. 3300lbs still more in it front springs 200lbs BBF on NOS. powerglide and 3.90 gears bolt in 9 inch ford rear. shocks in the front set full stiff going to put limiters on it and hit it harder hopefully shooting for 118 60 foot.

Are you going to build your limiters or buy them? I can tell you that they have to be well built and not all of these big name companies products are in this department. Ask our board HeRo what my car looked liked when one of these "pro-built" limiters fails. HAHA


Also, with my upping the power I am having a hard time sixty footing now. We have the power but need to change gear to get wheel speed since we can't use bars most of the time to help in that area. We are going to 3.50's from our current 3.89's to help increase wheel speed. We killed our last set of slicks last weekend so we had to turn the boost controller down to get down the track. 5.31 at 141mph with only a 1.32 sixty foot. I figure with the changes this winter that we should be in the 1.19-1.20 range and in the low 4.90's at 145-147 by next season.

I made my own limiters welded chasis tabs to the front frame rails and used the sway bar mount on the lower controll arm as mounting points. I used grade 8 bolts washers and nuts and some chain from lowes i think its at least 5/16 or 3/8.

studly wrote:I made my own limiters welded chasis tabs to the front frame rails and used the sway bar mount on the lower controll arm as mounting points. I used grade 8 bolts washers and nuts and some chain from lowes i think its at least 5/16 or 3/8.

that will work. Just check them often for the links stretching. Ours was a cable type and the tab broke that it was attached to because the holes were not drilled in the centers. dented the heck out of my fender and now the paint is chipping off.

1.10 60 ft ? no 2 step , driving up to the start line holding the rpms, then liftin your foot off the brake at yellow or am i missing something. Dont read anything into this just asking

TTT for more input info from Ole' Yeller

bigblockfox468 wrote:TTT for more input info from Ole' Yeller

............or anyone else.

Be real specific on what you had to do to get your car to 60 foot mid 1.30's or better. I'm down to 1.42 sixties. I invested some $ into single adj struts w/160 springs, single adj rear shocks, running OEM stock V-8 rear springs, upper control arm relocation kit, double adj lower arms. Want better and know I can get better but not sure where to turn on a stock suspension set up and what I already have......

we figured out our gearing was all wrong. didnt have enough wheel speed for the traction available. Or course we use all stock mounting points with double adjustable uppers and lowers, anti-roll bar, dbl adjustable rear shocks, and locked down front end. went low 1.20's with that.

the last ss stang we did went a best of 1.18 now with all the same rear stuff on 275's with a lot less horsepower.

I'm not familiar with the weight ratings of the stock rear springs to help with that though.

whatbumper wrote:we figured out our gearing was all wrong. didnt have enough wheel speed for the traction available.

Thats the direction I'm headed to for now....currently it has 3.73's and I have a 4.10 that will get put in before I head back out. I want to try that first and only do 1 thing at a time and see what happens, then I'll move on to the next thing, just trying to get a game plan together to know what the "next thing" ought to be.

Thanks for your reply...what do you mean by a locked down front end?

Limiters. We have to or we cant control wheel stands down track. Probably a band aid but it works for us. You most likely need the travel but with added power may look into limiters more.

We went the other way on gears but with the current torque converter technology we are rethinking the gears.

Hey nowwwww.......

Mike, how did your season end??

our goofy little 306" car goes 1.30, the set up is all wrong though lol, will work on it come spring with the new bullet. Tighter converter, taller gear, more spray, better shocks.....

looks like we will be switching to a 2 speed 400 .....

bruno wrote:looks like we will be switching to a 2 speed 400 .....

Which one you going with? I know of a fresh Neal 1.44 for sale around here.

Should do a Proformance....

bruno wrote:looks like we will be switching to a 2 speed 400 .....

BALLER.....

richter69 wrote:

bruno wrote:looks like we will be switching to a 2 speed 400 .....

BALLER.....

Ain't that the truth!

bradco, atf , proformance, hutch ?????? have no clue yet ...... the car will be hard press to run 90's on a marginal track with 1.80 pg .......

bruno wrote:bradco, atf , proformance, hutch ?????? have no clue yet ...... the car will be hard press to run 90's on a marginal track with 1.80 pg .......

Jokes aside, seems like the Proformance is the best piece out there. Plenty of guys goin deep in the 4's with them. Gives you room to grow as well.

Mark Micke too.

One time best with my old fox was 1.22 but usualy mid to high 1.20's on a 28 by 10. MT. I figured it up and I was only making about 350 hp. though.

bruno wrote:looks like we will be switching to a 2 speed 400 .....

YOU DO KNOW YOU CAN SWITCH THE FIRST GEAR RATIO OUT IN YOUR GLIDE MUCH CHEAPER DONT YOU? OH I FORGOT YOU LIKE TO SPEND MONEY WASTEFULLY....

On a good track m y best 60 was a 1.24 on the back tire with upr upper and lowers strange 10 way stock 4cyl springs with 1 coil cut out. Competition ENG arb up front it has 175 14 in coilovers with strange struts. On 28x10.5 on a 10in rim. @2860 race ready